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jon? >> reporter: well, diane, republicans don't take over until tomorrow but they have already outlined a strategy aimed at the heart of the obama agenda. four years after he handed the speaker's government to nancy pelosi, john boehner is about to get it for himself. already, the republicans have outlined a plan of attack. first, a simple two-page bill that would scrap the entire obama health care law. the law may not be popular, but repeal means doing away with parts of it that are, including a new subsidy seniors are getting this year of up to $850 to buy prescription drugs. and a provision already in effect, guaranteeing coverage to children with pre-existing conditions. in her last press conference as speaker, nancy pelosi warned people will suffer if health care reform is overturned. >> if you are going to have a patients' bill of rights, you have to have comprehensive health care reform. >> reporter: the next line of republican attack, spending cuts. republicans are promising $100
jon? >> reporter: well, diane, republicans don't take over until tomorrow but they have already outlined a strategy aimed at the heart of the obama agenda. four years after he handed the speaker's government to nancy pelosi, john boehner is about to get it for himself. already, the republicans have outlined a plan of attack. first, a simple two-page bill that would scrap the entire obama health care law. the law may not be popular, but repeal means doing away with parts of it that are,...
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being drawn, the bottom line right now, diane, is that no plan has the votes to pass. >> thank you, jon karl, again, reporting in from washington. and keep sending us your messages for washington on abcnews.com. we're reading them. >>> new questions now about airline safety, because of an accident that happened before the planes ever left the ground. federal investigators want to know why two jets loaded with passengers and fuel collided at boston's logan airport last night. abc's lisa stark covers aviation for us. >> reporter: the impact was forceful enough to tear apart the wing of the delta 767 and mangle the tail of the smaller regional jet. passengers felt the jolt. >> i was woken up by just a god awful crash. >> reporter: this, just three months after a frighteningly similar incident at new york's jfk airport, where the wing of a giant airbus a-380 clipped the tail of a regional jet. >> roll the emergency trucks to mike. we've been hit by air france. >> reporter: in last night's accidents both planes, loaded with nearly 300 passengers and 27,000 gallons of jet fuel, were heading f
being drawn, the bottom line right now, diane, is that no plan has the votes to pass. >> thank you, jon karl, again, reporting in from washington. and keep sending us your messages for washington on abcnews.com. we're reading them. >>> new questions now about airline safety, because of an accident that happened before the planes ever left the ground. federal investigators want to know why two jets loaded with passengers and fuel collided at boston's logan airport last night....
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here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: we took a journey to the heart of the u.s. mint in philadelphia. down long corridors, into oversized elevators and through doors, lots of doors, for a lesson on how to lose money while making money. it sounds a little like vegas around here, except the coins never stop coming. this is the presidential dollar coin. they're making them to honor every dead president, but nobody seems to want them. not even the one for rutherford b. hayes. rutherford b. hayes, hot off the press. literally, these coins are still warm. made of manganese brass, they coco 32 cents a pop to make. the mint can make 1.8 million a day. do the math. that's nearly $600,000 a day. because almost nobody uses these things, most go directly into storage. we found a bunch of them 100 miles down the road in a vault. here at the federal reserve in baltimore, the coins are packed into plastic bags stacked one on top of each other all the way up and down this aisle. several aisle of them, millions and millions of dollars in presidential coins. and some are in boxes.
here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: we took a journey to the heart of the u.s. mint in philadelphia. down long corridors, into oversized elevators and through doors, lots of doors, for a lesson on how to lose money while making money. it sounds a little like vegas around here, except the coins never stop coming. this is the presidential dollar coin. they're making them to honor every dead president, but nobody seems to want them. not even the one for rutherford b. hayes. rutherford b....
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jon karl finds hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars wasted. >>> lesson from thetape. a little boy disappears. his first time walking home from camp. a new insight for parents about when a child shohod be out alone. >>> healthy living. a big change in what your doctor should be doing for you. dr. richard besser on the secrets of getting the health care you deserve. >>> and, watch out, world. the american girls who took the prize at the biggest, toughest science competition in the world. >>> good evening. for the fifth time this week, republicans and democrats were squabbling and arguing about what to do, as the clock keeps ticking down. the august 2nd deadline, when america will default on paying its debts to the world, which would cause a body blow to the american economy. the president said today he knows that people are stressed out by that ticking clock, and across the country, we heard it. so many people saying, this is exactly the reason they're frustrated with the way washington works. and abc's jim avila starts us off. jim? >> reporter: diane, wall street is ne
jon karl finds hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars wasted. >>> lesson from thetape. a little boy disappears. his first time walking home from camp. a new insight for parents about when a child shohod be out alone. >>> healthy living. a big change in what your doctor should be doing for you. dr. richard besser on the secrets of getting the health care you deserve. >>> and, watch out, world. the american girls who took the prize at the biggest, toughest science...
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thank you, jon. >>> and we go overseas now to the drama in libya. for the third straight day, rebel forces report they are back on their heels and looking to the skies, some of them in anger, for the nato air strikes that do not come. our alex marquardt spent the day with the frantic rebel forces on the ground. they say they're barely holding on. but u.s. forces say bad weather and cloudy skies have made it impossible to launch strikes on the ground because they can't distinguish friend from foe. >>> still ahead on "world news," how did this candy bar help seven coworkers win $319 million? and what happens when we find one of those who decided not to buy in the ticket that day? >>> how prince charles is helping kate middleton prepare for the royal wedding. what prince harry told us. >>> and, we were there when he watched her birth from inside his battlefield vehicle. tonight, we're there when daddy sees his little girl for the first time. today we'e going to surprise people with the taste of activia. that' good. #wow. this is really good. great flav
thank you, jon. >>> and we go overseas now to the drama in libya. for the third straight day, rebel forces report they are back on their heels and looking to the skies, some of them in anger, for the nato air strikes that do not come. our alex marquardt spent the day with the frantic rebel forces on the ground. they say they're barely holding on. but u.s. forces say bad weather and cloudy skies have made it impossible to launch strikes on the ground because they can't distinguish...
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and our jon karl caught up with the congressman to ask him about the strange story that keeps getting stranger. >> reporter: all this, a full-blown washington frenzy, over a tweet. the offending message, sent from democratic congressman anthony weiner's twitter account, just before midnight on friday, included a photograph of a man in his underwear. it was posted publicly, but directed to the twitter name of this 21-year-old college student from seattle. today, congressman weiner told us his version of the story. >> i did not send that tweet. i was pranked. it was someone sending a picture of a weiner on weiner's account. it's one of the jokes i got since i was 5 years old. >> reporter: is that a photograph of you? >> we're trying to find out where that photograph came from and whether it was manipulated, part of it might be from something that was in my account. >> reporter: this is kind of strange. you can't tell me that is a photo of you or not a photo of you? >> i'm reluctant to say to you definitively anything about this. >> reporter: even whether or not that's a photo of you? >>
and our jon karl caught up with the congressman to ask him about the strange story that keeps getting stranger. >> reporter: all this, a full-blown washington frenzy, over a tweet. the offending message, sent from democratic congressman anthony weiner's twitter account, just before midnight on friday, included a photograph of a man in his underwear. it was posted publicly, but directed to the twitter name of this 21-year-old college student from seattle. today, congressman weiner told us...
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. >> well, these numbers are so staggering, jake, as you just told us, and we asked jon karl to weigh in and give us a sense of the president's cuts and exactly what kind of dent it would make in the debt. >> reporter: there's plenty of talk of tough choices and spending cuts, but what do they really add up to? to help make sense of all the talk of billions and trillions, we borrowed an idea from a computer programmer named matthias shapiro. >> this is the federal budget, about $100 in pennies. >> reporter: so we bought $100 worth of pennies and started to stack them until we got this, the $3.7 trillion budget. each one of these stacks of 5 pennies represents $2 billion. these pennies over here represent security and defense spending. this section right here, interest payments that have to be paid on all that debt we've been racking up, and this entire section of the table are so-called entitlements, things like social security and medicare, so is the president talking about cutting anything from any of that? the answer really is no. all the cuts are focused on this one section, which
. >> well, these numbers are so staggering, jake, as you just told us, and we asked jon karl to weigh in and give us a sense of the president's cuts and exactly what kind of dent it would make in the debt. >> reporter: there's plenty of talk of tough choices and spending cuts, but what do they really add up to? to help make sense of all the talk of billions and trillions, we borrowed an idea from a computer programmer named matthias shapiro. >> this is the federal budget,...
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jon karl on capitol hill. >>> and, a jaw-dropping moment to tell you about from philadelphia. a 50-foot fire ball ripped through a residential area, all of it caught on tape, and the culprit, a 12-inch piece of pipe, part of a national gas main. the kind that snakes beneath homes all across this country. david kerley has more. >> reporter: with daylight, a crater of clues from this explosion. watch as workers walk out of a house last night in a neighborhood where residents reported smelling gas. >> the corner store just went up. >> there's pieces of the biflding on the corner flying through the air. i was like, oh, my god. >> reporter: the power of the explosion and 50-foot high fireball killed one of the gas company workers who had responded to the call. three others are in a burn unit tonight in critical condition. the massive explosion came from a high-pressure 12-inch main. a pipe that was traveling through the neighborhood. that was the same situation in northern california last year when a 30-inch high pressure main blew up in san bruno, destroying 37 homes, killing eigh
jon karl on capitol hill. >>> and, a jaw-dropping moment to tell you about from philadelphia. a 50-foot fire ball ripped through a residential area, all of it caught on tape, and the culprit, a 12-inch piece of pipe, part of a national gas main. the kind that snakes beneath homes all across this country. david kerley has more. >> reporter: with daylight, a crater of clues from this explosion. watch as workers walk out of a house last night in a neighborhood where residents...
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jon just said, there are a lot of problems cain said. i also learned today that the staff he's been talking to have been putting out feelers to other campaigns. there are just too many questions about his honesty, his judgment, his experience, his organization. even if he stays in, he's not going to be a factor. >> and the convention am wisdom is his supporters will probably go to newt gingrich. are they right? >> reporter: certainly in iowa. this is going to give a big boost to newt gingrich in iowa, that important first youcaucus state. our polling says his supporters are split between gingrich and mitt romney. this is an opening for michele bachmann, rick santorum, rick perry. can they get back in the race? it's their last chance. >> all of them watching, too. thanks so much, george. >>> and now, we go overseas and an echo from america's past. iranian students storm the british embassy in tehran, burning flags, tossing documents from windows, scaling walls, even hauchling away a poster of the movie "pulp fiction." protesting british s
jon just said, there are a lot of problems cain said. i also learned today that the staff he's been talking to have been putting out feelers to other campaigns. there are just too many questions about his honesty, his judgment, his experience, his organization. even if he stays in, he's not going to be a factor. >> and the convention am wisdom is his supporters will probably go to newt gingrich. are they right? >> reporter: certainly in iowa. this is going to give a big boost to...
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here's abc's jon karl on that. >> reporter: it's not exactly a windfall, but in this economy every bit counts. america's 56 million seniors will see, on average, an extra $38 in each monthly social security check starting in january. >> it's very good. my husband was laid off two years ago and that will help. >> reporter: according to a new government report out today, social security is the only thing keeping many newly retired americans out of poverty. >> the great recession has had a profound impact on older adults. many have lost employment and wealth and have little time relative to their younger counterparts to make up the difference before they retire. >> reporter: but seniors have received no increase in their social security checks over the past two years. increases are tied to inflation and with little or no inflation during the recession, there's been no increase in those social security checks. with inflation starting to creep back up, especially on food and gasoline, seniors will now get some extra money. retirees currently receive an average of $1,082 a month. almost $13,
here's abc's jon karl on that. >> reporter: it's not exactly a windfall, but in this economy every bit counts. america's 56 million seniors will see, on average, an extra $38 in each monthly social security check starting in january. >> it's very good. my husband was laid off two years ago and that will help. >> reporter: according to a new government report out today, social security is the only thing keeping many newly retired americans out of poverty. >> the great...
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>> all right, jon, thanks. as you said, a big roller coaster ride it has been. and george stephanopoulos joins us now. so, he can bounce back one more time, george, or, is this it? >> reporter: no, i think this is it. i mean, jon just pointed out, there's a lot of other problems for herman cain. i also learned today that the staff he's been talking to have been putting out feelers to other campaigns. there are just too many questions about his honesty, his judgment, his experience, his organization. even if he stays in, he's not going to be a factor. >> and the conventional wisdom is that his supporters will probably go to newt gingrich. are they right? >> reporter: certainly in iowa. that's what all the campaigns expect, this is going to give a big boost to newt gingrich in iowa, that important first caucus state. our polling nationally, however, shows his supporters are split between gingrich and mitt romney. this is also an opening for those other conservatives, michele bachmann, rick perry, rick santorum. can they take this opening and get back in this race?
>> all right, jon, thanks. as you said, a big roller coaster ride it has been. and george stephanopoulos joins us now. so, he can bounce back one more time, george, or, is this it? >> reporter: no, i think this is it. i mean, jon just pointed out, there's a lot of other problems for herman cain. i also learned today that the staff he's been talking to have been putting out feelers to other campaigns. there are just too many questions about his honesty, his judgment, his experience,...
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>> reporter: it all started with that brave invite from the usrys, jon and anna, the kids, even the dog was okay with it. >> hello! >> reporter: allowing us to take everything out of the house that wasn't made in america. remember the shock? what do you think? >> all of our appliances are gone. >> reporter: and bedtime? >> we have nothing left. >> reporter: but remember how much they thought they had that was american? now the real challenge, replacing everything with american goods. >> reporter: hi, i'm trying to find out -- >> reporter: it took sharyn and mrs. usry an hour just to find that first replacement. >> reporter: we just wanted a simple coffee maker made in america. you don't have any way of knowing where things are made? finally, we all set out the ladies looking at the labels, the boys, too. >> look at that. made in the united states. >> reporter: we reached out to more than 100 companies across the country. and then, the trucks. six coming down snow white drive. replacing all those foreign flags with new ones. >> reporter: got it, alfonsi? >> reporter: yeah. >> reporter: w
>> reporter: it all started with that brave invite from the usrys, jon and anna, the kids, even the dog was okay with it. >> hello! >> reporter: allowing us to take everything out of the house that wasn't made in america. remember the shock? what do you think? >> all of our appliances are gone. >> reporter: and bedtime? >> we have nothing left. >> reporter: but remember how much they thought they had that was american? now the real challenge, replacing...
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so, it only gets partway there. >> okay, jon karl reporting in tonight. >>> and still ahead on "world news," smoke in the plane. it happened yesterday. we show you what you're supposed to do to survive. >>> and, the all-female, formidable first-time ever flying combat team. what happened when they entered one of the most dangerous skies in the world? if your racing thoughts keep you awake... sleep is here, on the wings of lunesta. and if you wake up often in the middle of the night... rest is here, on the wings of lunesta. lunesta helps you fall asleep and stay asleep, so you can wake up feeling rested. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions, such as tongue or throat swelling, occur rarely and
so, it only gets partway there. >> okay, jon karl reporting in tonight. >>> and still ahead on "world news," smoke in the plane. it happened yesterday. we show you what you're supposed to do to survive. >>> and, the all-female, formidable first-time ever flying combat team. what happened when they entered one of the most dangerous skies in the world? if your racing thoughts keep you awake... sleep is here, on the wings of lunesta. and if you wake up often in...
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>> all right, jon karl reporting in from washington tonight. >>> and it is decision day for president obama's jobs bill. he's been calling on congress to put the $447 billion bill up for a vote. and tonight, the president gets his wish, in the senate. it will be up for a vote. he met with his jobs council today in pittsburgh and called tonight's vote a moment of truth, though even some democrats are expected to against it, which means almost certain defeat. >>> the occupy wall street movement was on the move today, building strength and, for the first time, taking aim at individuals at the top of powerful corporations, even showing up at their park avenue homes. abc's cecilia vega has been covering the protests for us, and she's back on that story tonight. >> reporter: in washington, d.c. today, 100 protesters stormed a senate build iing. six were arrested. overnight in boston, 100 protesters were arrested after they marched on a bridge tying up traffic. and in new york today, the demonstrators were on the move. here on the upper easter side of manhattan, some of the ritziest zip code
>> all right, jon karl reporting in from washington tonight. >>> and it is decision day for president obama's jobs bill. he's been calling on congress to put the $447 billion bill up for a vote. and tonight, the president gets his wish, in the senate. it will be up for a vote. he met with his jobs council today in pittsburgh and called tonight's vote a moment of truth, though even some democrats are expected to against it, which means almost certain defeat. >>> the...
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abc's jon karl sat down with him today. >> reporter: dick cheney, now on tour for his book isn't picking sides in the republican primary battle. but in an interview with abc news, he had blunt words for some of his party's top candidates. first, rick perry, who recently suggested fed chairman ben bernanke would be committing treason if he printed more money to deal with the economic slowdown. >> i disagree with that. he's obviously just getting started in his campaign. to make that kind of suggestion, i just think is over the top. and i think i'd be surprised if we hear governor perry make that charge again. >> reporter: and he took issue with perry's description or social security as a, quote, ponzi scheme. >> having the courage to call it a ponzi scheme, i think, is the first step. >> i certainly don't believe it's a ponzi scheme. it's a program that a great many people depend upon. >> reporter: and then onto michele bachmann, who recently made this promise. >> under president bachmann, you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again. >> reporter: can a presidential cacaidate p
abc's jon karl sat down with him today. >> reporter: dick cheney, now on tour for his book isn't picking sides in the republican primary battle. but in an interview with abc news, he had blunt words for some of his party's top candidates. first, rick perry, who recently suggested fed chairman ben bernanke would be committing treason if he printed more money to deal with the economic slowdown. >> i disagree with that. he's obviously just getting started in his campaign. to make that...
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here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: it may just be the biggest republican endorsement of all. >> america cannot survive another four years of barack obama and mitt romney is the man we need to lead america and we need him now. that's why i'm here. >> reporter: just a week ago, republicans were begging chris christie to run against romney. now, hours before a key debate in new hampshire, he has his support. >> easy, everybody! >> reporter: all foreshadowed on "saturday night live." >> you have to start showing governor romney some respect. i mean, how do you think he feels, watching you like everybody more than him? >> reporter: at the real press conference, romney and christie both hammered perry on the issue of religious intolerance, specifically remarks by a perry supporter who suggested romney is unfit for office because he is mormon. >> i think that any campaign that associates itself with that type of conduct is beneath the office of the president of the united states, in my view. >> reporter: dallas pastor robert jeffress calls mormonism a cult and mormons not true christians. and
here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: it may just be the biggest republican endorsement of all. >> america cannot survive another four years of barack obama and mitt romney is the man we need to lead america and we need him now. that's why i'm here. >> reporter: just a week ago, republicans were begging chris christie to run against romney. now, hours before a key debate in new hampshire, he has his support. >> easy, everybody! >> reporter: all foreshadowed on...